WHITLOCK: Sports gets so much attention, and people tune out the real world, that I try to take advantage of the opportunity to talk about the real world when sports lends itself to that and try to open peopleís eyes. You know, I did not go as far as Iíd like to go because my thoughts on the NRA and Americaís gun culture Ė I believe the NRA is the new KKK. And that the arming of so many black youths, uh, and loading up our community with drugs, and then just having an open shooting gallery, is the work of people who obviously donít have our best interests [at heart].

I think itís obvious if youíve traveled abroad, and traveled to countries where they have legitimate gun laws, that we donít have to have what we have in America, where people somehow think a gun enhances their liberty, and that people somehow think a gun makes them safer. It just doesnít. A gun turns some kids listening to music into a murder scene. And uh, you know, if you donít have a gun, you drive home. You know, kids listening to some loud music, you donít like it, you go home and complain to your wife. But when you have a gun, you open fire, potentially, and take the life of a child.

Yeah, jumping in the hornet's nest isn't how these guys roll - he'd actually have to nut up and defend his position against people who are informed and intelligent here. Instead, he'll just find other like-minded communistas who'll lob softballs at him.

Good job, jwhit. You go, girl.

Times like this I remind myself that I really don't care what Whit thinks about abortion, or economics, or the constitution.

He's one of the biggest helps to SOC out there. All that other $#it can go on hold for now while we concentrate on the one thing we do have in common.

Whitlock isn't going to take anyone's guns away - but he just might play a part in taking Egoli off our hands...

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"He had no teeth, and he was slobbering all over himself. I'm thinking, 'You can have your money back, just get me out of here. Let me go be an accountant." I can't tell you how badly I wanted out of there."Denver rookie QB John Elway, on Jack Lambert, after Lambert and the Steelers knocked Elway out of his first game as a pro (1983).

After working at a prison my expectations for my fellow man have become... more realistic.

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"He had no teeth, and he was slobbering all over himself. I'm thinking, 'You can have your money back, just get me out of here. Let me go be an accountant." I can't tell you how badly I wanted out of there."Denver rookie QB John Elway, on Jack Lambert, after Lambert and the Steelers knocked Elway out of his first game as a pro (1983).

You live in a sane state with reasonable gun laws. I live in a place where kooks like Whitlock actually have real power.

It's why I've changed my stance on the electoral college...

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"He had no teeth, and he was slobbering all over himself. I'm thinking, 'You can have your money back, just get me out of here. Let me go be an accountant." I can't tell you how badly I wanted out of there."Denver rookie QB John Elway, on Jack Lambert, after Lambert and the Steelers knocked Elway out of his first game as a pro (1983).